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Search for new secretary of the faculty underway
“This position is an important one,” search-and-screen committee chairman Terry Warfield says. “The secretary of the faculty not only supports effective faculty participation in shared governance, but ... also advances broader campus shared governance.
Science journalist Christie Aschwanden visits as UW–Madison Science Writer in Residence
Aschwanden, who for years was lead science writer for FiveThirtyEight, will be on campus Oct. 14 through 18 visiting students and faculty and participating in a panel discussion.
University of Wisconsin Press enters a new chapter
The Press is now back on campus in a cost-saving move that also renders staff experts more readily accessible to campus partners.
UW–Madison suspends Sigma Chi fraternity
The student-led Committee on Student Organizations found the chapter violated the Student Organization Code of Conduct by holding an event at which alcohol was served while the chapter was on probation with alcohol restriction (meaning the organization is not allowed to host events where alcohol is served).
Brand New Badger: Moved by boy’s sacrifice, graduate student launches scholarship in his honor
Shayan intends to return to Pakistan to put his education into practice.. “I realized that, long-term, public policy was the way I could best address social issues."
Quiz: Test your knowledge of UW–Madison
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Homecoming traditions of yesterday and today
Some homecoming traditions, such as the homecoming parade on State Street and planting flamingos on Bascom Hall, have a long history and are still celebrated today. Others have fallen by the wayside.
Go Big Read book ‘The Poison Squad’ offers food for thought
Would you like a little cinnamon with your brick dust? Wait. You didn’t know you were eating brick dust? Such was the case before the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, banning adulterated or misbranded food and drugs. You can thank Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a man you likely haven’t heard of.
Science Festival panels examine science and society
Two panels at the Wisconsin Science Festival will closely examine the relationship between science and society, as part of the statewide festival that runs Oct. 17 through 20.
They’ve got hops — with UW Extension’s help
Brothers Bob and Jim Conant didn’t know the first thing about hops when they started their now thriving hops farm in Tomah. So they turned to their Monroe County Agriculture Educator from what is now the UW–Madison Division of Extension.
Coming home: First Wave’s new director was transformed by the program as a student
Sofía Snow, a member of the 2007 inaugural cohort of UW–Madison’s groundbreaking First Wave hip-hop scholarship program, is returning to campus to lead the program she says changed her life.
Extension strengthens link between field and campus
When the Conant brothers started a hops farm, they knew practically nothing about hops. So they turned to their county ag educator from UW Extension, which is now part of UW–Madison. The agent drew upon UW researchers’ unbiased scientific expertise.
UW–Madison merits silver rating in first sustainability assessment
Actions included a University Housing initiative that in one year eliminated the need for more than 386,000 disposable food containers, and the diversion of more than 450 tons of organic waste from landfills to composting and an energy-producing anaerobic digester.
‘Radical Pedagogy’ exhibition opens Oct. 11 in new Lathrop Gallery Space
The photographs, visual art and films bear witness to the influence of Margaret H’Doubler, who made dance a rigorous academic discipline and the body the route to scientific inquiry, self-discovery, creativity and citizenship.
Maps showing potential for soil contamination issued for Wisconsin’s lead-zinc mining district
The digitized Digital Atlas of Historic Mining Features in Southwestern Wisconsin, developed in the department of soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, shows areas where contamination may be found.
Law School Dean Raymond to step down in July
Margaret Raymond, who has led the UW Law School since 2011, will return to the faculty. She says it is time to "let a new leader help chart the course for the Law School’s next decades.”
Message from UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Association
We stand with our students of color and hear their voices with a clear commitment to action, not only about the Homecoming video, but their broader experiences of exclusion on campus.
Campus a popular stopover for migrating butterflies
Butterflies like to stop at the UW–Madison campus and Arboretum to rest and drink up the nectar in the many flowers there.
Quiz: Which Bucky Badger are you?
In honor of our beloved Bucky Badger's birthday, take this quiz to find out which Bucky you are based on your personality.
‘Three sisters’ are almost ready to harvest
Crops are ripening at the Three Sisters Garden at the UW–Madison Arboretum, planted by Madison area tribal communities in coordination with staff from the Arboretum and the Department of Horticulture.